Definition of swan Swan
/swɑˈn/ - [swan] - Swan
We found 15 definitions of swan from 7 different sources.
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| swan - stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult | ||
| aquatic bird wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water | ||
| anatidae, family anatidae swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks | ||
| coscoroba large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans | ||
| cob adult male swan | ||
| pen female swan | ||
| cygnet a young swan | ||
| cygnus olor, mute swan soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated | ||
| cygnus cygnus, whooper swan, whooper common Old World swan noted for its whooping call | ||
| cygnus columbianus, tundra swan swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds | ||
| cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swan, trumpeter large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry | ||
| black swan, cygnus atratus large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill | ||
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| swan - sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains" | ||
| sail, sweep traverse or travel on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone" | ||
| swan - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" | ||
| roll, wander, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| maunder wander aimlessly | ||
| gad, gallivant, jazz around wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | ||
| err, stray, drift to make a mistake or be incorrect | ||
| wander go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town" | ||
| swan - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" | ||
| affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swear | ||
| declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" | ||
| hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath" | ||
| claim, take take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" | ||
| attest authenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity; "I attest this signature" | ||
| declare state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent" | ||
| protest utter words of protest | ||
| assure, tell assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- swan (n.)
Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death. - swan (n.)
Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon. - swan (n.)
The constellation Cygnus.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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swan
A large aquatic bird with white feathers and a long, sinuous neck. -
swan
To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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swan
swon, n. a genus of birds constituting a very distinct section of the Duck family Anatidæ, having the neck as long as the body, noted for grace and stateliness of movement on the water.—ns. Swan′-goose, the China goose; Swan′-herd, one who tends swans; Swan′-hop′ping, better Swan′-mark′ing and Swan′-up′ping, the custom of marking the upper mandible of a swan to show ownership—done annually to the royal swans on the Thames, the occasion being excuse for a festive expedition.—adj. Swan′-like.—ns. Swan′-maid′en, a familiar figure in European folklore, changing at will into a maiden or a swan by means of the magic properties of her shift; Swan′-mark, the notch made on the swan's upper mandible; Swan′-neck, the end of a pipe, &c., curved like a swan's neck; Swan′nery, a place where swans are kept and tended.—adj. Swan′ny, swan-like.—ns. Swan's′-down, the down or under-plumage of a swan, used for powder-puffs, &c.: a soft woollen cloth: a thick cotton with a soft nap on one side; Swan′-shot, a shot of large size, like buck-shot; Swan′-skin, the unplucked skin of a swan: a soft, nappy, fine-twilled flannel; Swan′-song, the fabled song of a swan just before its death: a poet's or musician's last work. [A.S. swan; Ger. schwan, Dut. zwaan.]
Wikipedia 
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A swan ("Cygnini") is a kind of water bird, from the genera Cygnus and Coscoroba. They are in the subfamily "Anserinae", in the family "Anatidae", which also includes geese and ducks.
They swim on top of the water and eat plants off the bottom of ponds, lakes, or oceans. They also eat insects and other small animals. Swans can also fly.
A baby swan is called a "cygnet". The name of the constellation "Cygnus" is from the Latin word for swan.
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